Kazuyoshi Saito1, Hideyuki Nakaoka1, Ichiro Takasaki2, Keiichi Hirono1, Seiji Yamamoto3, Koshi Kinoshita4, Nariaki Miyao1, Keijiro Ibuki1, Sayaka Ozawa1, Kazuhiro Watanabe1, Neil E Bowles5, Fukiko Ichida1. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. 2. Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Research University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. 3. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. 4. Department of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. 5. Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most common systemic vasculitis syndrome primarily affecting medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. Though KD may be associated with immunological problems, the involvement of microRNAs (miRs) has not been fully described. METHODS: We enrolled 23 KD patients and 12 controls. We performed miR and mRNA microarray analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from acute KD patients and controls. Continuously, we measured specific miRs, mRNA and the expression of proteins by using reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: We identified strikingly high levels of miR-182 and miR-296-5p during the acute febrile phase, and of miR-93, miR-145-5p, miR-145-3p, and miR-150-3p in the defervescence stage, especially in refractory KD patients. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) mRNA, previously reported to be controlled by miR-93, was significantly elevated during the febrile phase and normalized upon treatment, negatively correlating with the expression of miR-93. Further, plasma levels of VEGF-A correlated with PBMC VEGFA mRNA expression. CONCLUSION: Several miRs are highly specific to the acute phase of KD, and may participate in regulating the expression of genes in pathways associated with KD. In particular, miR-93 may participate in regulating expression of VEGF-A and contribute to the pathogenesis of arteritis in acute KD.
BACKGROUND:Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most common systemic vasculitis syndrome primarily affecting medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. Though KD may be associated with immunological problems, the involvement of microRNAs (miRs) has not been fully described. METHODS: We enrolled 23 KDpatients and 12 controls. We performed miR and mRNA microarray analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from acute KDpatients and controls. Continuously, we measured specific miRs, mRNA and the expression of proteins by using reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: We identified strikingly high levels of miR-182 and miR-296-5p during the acute febrile phase, and of miR-93, miR-145-5p, miR-145-3p, and miR-150-3p in the defervescence stage, especially in refractory KDpatients. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) mRNA, previously reported to be controlled by miR-93, was significantly elevated during the febrile phase and normalized upon treatment, negatively correlating with the expression of miR-93. Further, plasma levels of VEGF-A correlated with PBMC VEGFA mRNA expression. CONCLUSION: Several miRs are highly specific to the acute phase of KD, and may participate in regulating the expression of genes in pathways associated with KD. In particular, miR-93 may participate in regulating expression of VEGF-A and contribute to the pathogenesis of arteritis in acute KD.
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